Bawse Dawg
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Just learning who these people are for the first time. But I would definitely want precious over Poku.
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Game6Conley
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25 is probably the bottom of their range on Kira Lewis. There's just no way that NBA playoff teams start lining up to pass on a kid like that.
Paul Reed is in a different spot. That skillset he has, I feel like teams don't like to gamble big on players like that in the draft and prefer to pay them on their 2nd contracts when their sure they can produce consistently.
Game6Conley
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Just wanna say I used to hate on Jabari and praised TJ Warren as a lotto talent in the 2014 thread..
That was the draft Cy and the Aaron Gordon fanclub really tried to fight me tooth and nail over everything too(Including Zach LaVine which went catastrophically wrong for Cy in hindsight, he even at one point said LaVine should go undrafted and shouldnt be in the top-60..). If you look back I had a lot of the gems pegged as favorites.. Dinwiddie was a player I talked about here for years.. I was a big Jordan Clarkson, and also Dwight Powell fan.. Swore up and down Jerami Grant was a 1st rd talent, and a better value than Aaron Gordon. always liked Capela and Bogdanovic too.
and tbh a player i redflagged as an obvious dud, Adreian Payne who some thought was lottery-bound, fizzled out rather quietly..
That was the draft Cy and the Aaron Gordon fanclub really tried to fight me tooth and nail over everything too(Including Zach LaVine which went catastrophically wrong for Cy in hindsight, he even at one point said LaVine should go undrafted and shouldnt be in the top-60..). If you look back I had a lot of the gems pegged as favorites.. Dinwiddie was a player I talked about here for years.. I was a big Jordan Clarkson, and also Dwight Powell fan.. Swore up and down Jerami Grant was a 1st rd talent, and a better value than Aaron Gordon. always liked Capela and Bogdanovic too.
and tbh a player i redflagged as an obvious dud, Adreian Payne who some thought was lottery-bound, fizzled out rather quietly..
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You're assuming that Precious learns how to dribble, pass and shoot? Or...
I think Precious is mostly a defensive 4/5 in today's league. I could see the T'wolves draft him to play next to Towns or maybe the Celtics to play him at the 5.
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Bawse Dawg
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Defensive stopper with size intrigues me more than lanky overseas guy with a crappy % even in Euroleague.
I don’t expect you to engage with me. I have done no homework at all. I would just always choose the Precious archetype over the Poku one.
I think he's like Keith Van Horn with some of Chandler Parson's handle and passing game. What's rare is that he's a 7-footer with a handle who attacks and plays downhill. There's a question about how much of that really translates to the pros, or how much of that a team would want him to do in a game, but a team has to look at that potential.
Point Center. Mobile Jokic.
Kira would be great value for us imo. He's likely gonna end up 6 or 7 on my final board. He's my #2 guard overall.
I would be insanely happy to get either one where we are picking.
Poku is a risk. But he has top 3 upside in this class imo. The combination of size, age, mobility and skill with the ball that he possesses is crazy rare. He's in my big board top 5. I may end up putting him at 2 when all is said and done.
Precious is currently 16 on my board. His size/athleticism combo is rare for his size in the NBA too. I think it's going to allow him to guard SF-C in the NBA. He is one of the few players in this class with the physical tools to guard guys like LeBron and Kawhi 1v1 effectively. He's one of the few bigs in this class (maybe the only one) with the athletic tools to switch on defense with positive results. His motor is relentless. He defends. He rebounds. He's still learning to play PF/C because he was a wing before last season. He's still raw in big man techniques on both ends of the floor. He needs deveIopment. But I don't really see a way he completely fails in the league.
Game6Conley
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Ty-Shon Alexander is another guy the Jazz could look at if they trade for a second round pick. 22 year old guard from Creighton. He shoots the three well on volume. He's more than a shooter too. He can a handle a little in pick and roll. He does a good job of holding defenders on his back when he gets in front and picking out a pass. Can knock down a middy. Defensively he's really smart and fiesty. He's aggressive in pick and roll defense (something we need). He's good at drawing charges. He's an explosive weakside shot blocker too. Has a chance to be a helpful player on both ends.